James B. McLaughlin
Professor of Law
mclaugh@law.campbell.edu
910-893-1770

Professor Jim McLaughlin received his BS degree from Georgia Southern College. He graduated cum laude from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, where he served as the Fifth Circuit survey editor of the Mercer Law Review.

He practiced law for eight years in Macon, Georgia, prior to joining the law faculty at Pepperdine University School of Law in 1981. He is a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity and was George Inn's Graduate of the Year in 1973. He is the revising co-author of Webster's Real Estate Law in North Carolina, 4th Edition.

McLaughlin has previously served as Associate Dean and Acting Dean of Campbell Law School.

Undergraduate Education:
BS (Education), Georgia Southern College, 1968

Higher Education:
JD, Mercer University, 1973

Class Offerings:
Property I & II
Will, Trusts and Estates
Conflict of Laws

Law Practice Experience:
Associate, Hall & Block, Macon, GA, 1973-75
Partner, Moore, McLaughlin, Carey and Hawkins, Macon, GA, 1975-81

Professional Experience:
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1981-82
Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1982-84
Visiting Associate Professor, Campbell University School of Law, 1984-85
Associate Professor, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, 1985-88
Associate Dean, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, 1988-99
Acting Dean, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, 1999-2000

Memberships & Affiliations:
Member, Trusts Drafting Committee since 1984. Chairman, since 1997
Member (1973-Present), Georgia State Bar
Member, American Bar Association
Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Publications:
Law Review Articles
James B. McLaughlin, Lien Avoidance In Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, 58 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 45 (Winter 1984).

James B. McLaughlin and Robert W. Nelms, Classification of Unsecured Claims in Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Reform  Act of 1978; What is Fair?, 7 Campbell Law Review 329 (Summer 1985).  

Treatises
James B. McLaughlin, Actions and Remedies, Will Contests, Callaghan & Co. (1987).

James B. McLaughlin, Supplement for Actions and Remedies, Will Contests, Callaghan & Co. (1989-1990).

James B. McLaughlin and Richard A. Lord, Actions and Remedies, Contracts, Callaghan & Co. (1987).

James B. McLaughlin and Patrick K. Hetrick, Webster's Real Estate Law In North Carolina, 3rd Ed., Michie Co. (1988).

James B. McLaughlin and Patrick K. Hetrick, Annual Supplements for above 3rd Edition of Webster's for 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993

James B. McLaughlin and Patrick K. Hetrick, Webster's Real Estate Law In North Carolina, 4th Ed., Michie Co., 1994.

Other
James B. McLaughlin, Independent Administration of Estates, The Will and The Way, December 1986.  

James B. McLaughlin, North Carolina Security Interests (Book Review: Richard A. Lord and Charles C. Lewis,) 21 Wake Forest Law Review 257 (Spring 1985).

James B. McLaughlin and James C. Rehberg, Implied Duty To Mine In Georgia, 20 Georgia State Bar Journal 216 (May 1984).

Student Case Note, Mercer Law Review (1972).